Long songs?

Zack · 11-13-2014, 12:13 PM

Just to clarify, when we talk about long songs (In the experimental/avante garde forum) Are we focussing on things that can really be considered songs, and only in a Western blues-tradition sense, e.g. rock, blues, pop, hip-hop, reggae, dub, etc, or are we talking about pieces of music more generally, ranging from Andalusian Ma'Lùf, to Gamalan Ensembles, to Glitch, to Musique Concrete, to Rennaisance Chant, to...

I was speaking about progressive, avant garde, possibly experimental music in general, assuming "song" was just a bit of unspecific language. If that usage of "song" was meant to mean speficially something more like, "a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung," and if we are assuming a Western Popular music basis rather than a more inclusive one, then my answer would be completely different.

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Zack Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Brunswick, Maine Posts: 79	Just to clarify, when we talk about long songs (In the experimental/avante garde forum) Are we focussing on things that can really be considered songs, and only in a Western blues-tradition sense, e.g. rock, blues, pop, hip-hop, reggae, dub, etc, or are we talking about pieces of music more generally, ranging from Andalusian Ma'Lùf, to Gamalan Ensembles, to Glitch, to Musique Concrete, to Rennaisance Chant, to... I was speaking about progressive, avant garde, possibly experimental music in general, assuming "song" was just a bit of unspecific language. If that usage of "song" was meant to mean speficially something more like, "a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung," and if we are assuming a Western Popular music basis rather than a more inclusive one, then my answer would be completely different. __________________ The Passage of... ------- (Classical Synth) Danceables ------- (Dance Synth with a Latin Flair) Meanderings ------- (Classical Synth) Raven ------- (Rock Opera)